punish

Letters that make punish

s, n, p, h, i, u are letters that make 'punish'

Words within punish

pun, UN, Ni, Pu are words within 'punish'

Anagrams of punish

unship is an anagram of 'punish'


1 possible definitions for 'punish'

Punish as "impose a penalty on, inflict punishment on"

Under this definition, punish is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

penalize, penalise have the same meaning as 'punish'

Types of punish

execute, retaliate, avenge, put to death, amerce, victimize, victimise, revenge, pillory, scourge, castigate, sort out, correct, discipline, tar-and-feather are types of 'punish'.

Derivatives of punish

punitive, punitory, punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation are derivatives of 'punish'.

Entailments to punish

gauge, guess, judge, approximate, estimate are entailments to 'punish'.

Example of punish used within this context

"The students were penalized for showing up late for class", "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"



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